DENI: PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE IN BROWNSTOWN THING IT IS A QUIET TOWN, THEY WERE SHOCKED TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED JUST OUTSIDE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT EARLY THIS MORNING. >> NOT HOW I EXPECTED WEDNESDAY TO START. DENI: ASHLEY WAS SITTING IN HER OFFICE, DOWN THE STREET FROM THE BROWNSTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEN SHE HEARD AN UNFAMILIAR SOUND. >> IT WAS LIKE BANG, BANG, BANG. THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF POLICE OFFICERS FROM THE COUNTY IN BROWNSTOWN. DENI: THE SHOTS WERE FIRED BY TWO POLICE OFFICERS ACCORDING TO ISP THEY WERE TRYING TO US JUST ARREST BARRY RUCKER FOLLOWING A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE BETWEEN HIM AND A WOMAN. >> THE MAN PRODUCED A SMALL HANDGUN AND TOOK IT OFF HIS PERSON AND HANDED IN HIS GUN -- HAND. >> SERGEANT STEPHEN WHEELES SAYS IT’S UNCLEAR HOW MANY TIMES RUCKER WAS HIT. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD SHORTLY AFTER THE SHOOTING. >> ALL INDICATIONS ARE THE OFFICERS FELT THREATENED BY THE GUN THAT WAS PRODUCED, AND THEY USED THEIR FIREARMS TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AND POSSIBLY THE FEMALE AT THE SCENE. >> NEITHER THE WOMAN WERE -- NOR THE OFFICERS WERE HURT. POLICE ARE STILL PROCESSING EVIDENCE OF REVIEWING POSSIBLE SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE. >> WE WILL HAVE -- USE EVERY RESOURCE WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO MAKE SURE THE CASE IS INVESTIGATED IN PARTIALLY SO WE GET THE FACTS. DENI: WOLKA SAYS ALTHOUGH THE INCIDENT HAPPENED A LITTLE TOO CLOSE TO HOME, IT DOESN’T CHANGE THE WAY SHE FEELS ABOUT HER TOWN. >> EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY, IT IS NICE. USUALLY QUIET. IT IS A GOOD TOWN. DENI: THE TWO OFFICERS INVOLVED HAVE BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, STAN

A man is dead following an officer-involved shooting in Jackson County, the coroner said.Indiana State Police officials say the shooting took place Wednesday at the Brownstown Police Department.Sgt. Stephen Wheeles said Barry Rucker, 53, of Brownstown, was in an altercation with a woman outside of the station around 8 a.m. when officers intervened.He said they tried taking Rucker into custody, but he resisted and pulled out a handgun.Two officers then fired their weapons, striking Rucker multiple times, and he ultimately died.Wheeles said no officers were hurt. The two officers who fired shots are on administrative leave.The woman involved was not hurt and is being interviewed by police.Indiana State Police didn't know if the officers were wearing body cameras.Jackson County Clerk Melissa Hayes said her office, which is about a block away, was briefly put on lockdown. Officers are processing evidence and reviewing possible security camera footage. Both officers were placed on administrative leave which is standard protocol in officer involved shootings.

BROWNSTOWN, Ind. —

A man is dead following an officer-involved shooting in Jackson County, the coroner said.

Indiana State Police officials say the shooting took place Wednesday at the Brownstown Police Department.